Hey, it’s Mike again, you know the friend of Sarah’s from way back who occaisionally fulfills her need for a list of albums because she spends 90,000 hours agonizing over her own. (Do I really like this Andrew Bird album more than this other Andew Bird album?) Ha. I keed. So I did this thing last year, and since I mentioned Paper Route, and Gavin (Paper Route’s drummer) tweeted a link to the site, I gave Sarah a bunch of traffic, so she owes me, and that’s why you get the: . . . → Read More: Guest Post: Seven Albums That Came Out in 2010 That Mike Listened To and Enjoyed the Most
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It looks like a quiet week, but I find myself strangely busy. I’ll be checking out the Laura Marling show tomorrow night, and Jerome Holloway’s show on Friday. I saw him open for Nneka in February and thought he was really good, so I’m looking forward to seeing what he does with a headlining spot. Saturday also has some strong line-ups of local bands, both at Bottom Lounge and at the Beat Kitchen. . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 5/3 – 5/9  Leave a comment  Upcoming Events  an horse, aqualung, beat kitchen, bottom lounge, brighton ma, butch walker, canasta, casiotone for the painfully alone, cassy baxter, ceiling stars, chicago theatre, cobalt and the hired guns, crooked still, derek nelson and the musicians, double door, empty bottle, evanston space, frightened rabbit, gary sinise, gerald dowd, green sugar, gregory and the hawk, hard rock cafe, hideout, house of blues, how far to austin, jerome holloway, joel mchale, josh and the empty pockets, kaki king, kc mcdonough, krista polvere, laura marling, lincoln hall, locksley, lt. dan band, mallory, maps and atlases, martyrs', mary gauthier, metro, mindy smith, my my my, old town school of folk music, our brother the native, ozomatli, park west, pete roe, prohibition orchestra of chicago, relaxation record, robbie fulks, schubas, shalloboi, shelby lynne, simplesinger, smoke fairies, soft speaker, tadoma While I fuss about, trying to upload photos and write reviews of the past two nights’ worth of concerts, have a little mixtape of some of my favorite songs/artists from this past month. . . . → Read More: February in Review News & Links – February 25 . . . → Read More: News & Links – February 25 Leave a comment News & Links antony & the johnsons, ben folds, ben sollee, butch walker, coltrane motion, daniel martin moore, dawn landes, josh rouse, justin townes earle, lincoln hall, metro, movits!, mumford & sons, old town school of folk music, preservation hall jazz band, renee fleming, rocky votolato, schubas, st. vincent, tinariwen Bowerbirds; photo by Alissa Anderson In conjunction with the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, kicking off this week at Schubas and Lincoln Hall, Reckless Records has four fantastic (and free) in-store performance coming up: Thursday, January 14, 5:00 pm - Bear in Heaven – Lakeview store (3126 N Broadway) Friday, January 15, 5:00 pm . . . → Read More: News & Links – January 12 Leave a comment News & Links alela diane, bailiff, basia bulat, bear in heaven, bowerbirds, butch walker, elvis perkins in dearland, hideout, icy demons, my gold mask, owen pallett, pomengranates, puerto muerto, reckless records, shara worden, sharon van etten, spoon, sufjan stevens, tegan and sara, the antlers, the bitter tears, the decemberists, the mountain goats, violetness, wilco Butch Walker can sleep well at night, knowing that if he were ever to become suddenly and inexplicably incapacitated during a concert and could no longer sing, that his incredibly exuberant fans would pick up the slack and sing every last word. Even to songs which he would much rather forget, apparently. . . . → Read More: Concert Review: Butch Walker @ Schubas, 1/8/10 |
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